diff --git a/content/post/2017-08.md b/content/post/2017-08.md
index 60411237d..56c443cb7 100644
--- a/content/post/2017-08.md
+++ b/content/post/2017-08.md
@@ -81,3 +81,10 @@ dspace#= \copy (select distinct text_value, count(*) from metadatavalue where me
   - Alan to ask about how to query external services like AGROVOC in the DSpace submission form
 - Follow up with Atmire on the [ticket about ORCID metadata in DSpace](https://tracker.atmire.com/tickets-cgiar-ilri/view-ticket?id=510)
 - Follow up with Lili and Andrea about the pending CCAFS metadata and flagship updates
+
+## 207-08-11
+
+- CGSpace had load issues and was throwing errors related to PostgreSQL
+- I told Tsega to reduce the max connections from 70 to 40 because actually each web application gets that limit and so for xmlui, oai, jspui, rest, etc it could be 70 x 4 = 280 connections depending on the load, and the PostgreSQL config itself is only 100!
+- I learned this on a recent discussion on the DSpace wiki
+- I need to either look into setting up a database pool through JNDI or increase the PostgreSQL max connections
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index 6796c0d4f..a428733d8 100644
--- a/public/2017-08/index.html
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 <li>Follow up with Lili and Andrea about the pending CCAFS metadata and flagship updates</li>
 </ul>
 
+<h2 id="207-08-11">207-08-11</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li>CGSpace had load issues and was throwing errors related to PostgreSQL</li>
+<li>I told Tsega to reduce the max connections from 70 to 40 because actually each web application gets that limit and so for xmlui, oai, jspui, rest, etc it could be 70 x 4 = 280 connections depending on the load, and the PostgreSQL config itself is only 100!</li>
+<li>I learned this on a recent discussion on the DSpace wiki</li>
+<li>I need to either look into setting up a database pool through JNDI or increase the PostgreSQL max connections</li>
+</ul>
+
   
 
   
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index f64468587..49f9a06df 100644
--- a/public/sitemap.xml
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